Thursday, 13 July 2017

He’s returned to his island to come to terms with a lifetime of memories

Rock God Andy Stevens, lead singer for the band Traveler, has come to a crossroads in his life. He’s living his Golden Years and finds himself torn between the present and the past. One phone call leads him on a determined course to find the answers, and come to terms with his unsettled soul.

His heart leads him to a place where his restless soul is at home – his island - Eleuthera. He digs his toes in the sand, deep in his memories, and relives, remembers, and reconciles a life that brings him the answers to the ‘whys’ i that led to the choices he’s made over the years. Love, lost love, love renewed, family, illness, life, and death... his hope is to find peace. Soul searching, he sifts through all the good, sad, and bad in search of what he longs for.

For those that have read the Rock & Roll Trilogy, this
book is a must read, and for those that haven’t, this is a series you need to
read stat! Those that love emotional, poignant, romantic reads, Barbara S Stewart
never fails to deliver and Rock & Roll Never Forgets is the epitome of that
kind of read. Rock & Roll Never Forgets literally decimated me emotionally
and while that book is told from Bethy’s point of view, with Timeless we get
Andy’s point of view of the past in a trip down memory lane. I loved the
premise as to how this book came about and though this trip was a deeply
emotional one I personally felt it was a trip that Andy needed to make.
Timeless is a book of reflection, an analysis of the past, the highs, the lows,
mistakes made and wars won. To truly move on you need to forgive yourself and
while for Andy this was something he never made peace with, in Timeless, he
becomes the man he needs to be, rather than the one that everyone else expects
him to be.

“I have to find the real, true
answer to WHY. I have to know WHY.”

Bethy and Andy had the kind of love that everyone wanted, these
two adored each other, loved each other completely, but sometimes too much, is
just that…too much. Their love story was one that had me in tears many, many
times, when it was good, is was really, really good, but when it was bad…it was
horrid. In Timeless, we are privy to Andy’s most intimate thoughts and feelings
as some of the most pivotal events in his and Bethy’s life are once again brought
to the forefront. Barbara Stewart brought back all those initial thoughts and
feelings as once again my emotions traversed Barbara Stewarts words. Reading
this book has made me want to read Rock & Roll Never Forgets again, I just
need to make sure I have enough tissues to hand.

“The waves made me think about a
comment Bethy made once about a lover’s kiss. ‘The water is like a lover. It
kisses the shore and then sneaks slowly away, only to return for another kiss.
Sometimes it’s a quiet, subtle return, but sometimes it’s a loud roar.”

Andy is far from perfect, he knows his flaws, he embraces
his mistakes and while Bethy’s mantra of “shoulda, coulda, woulda” is very
prominent throughout this book, this is Andy coming to terms with how he currently
finds himself in a state of limbo and what he needs to do to make himself feel
whole again. Being inside Andy’s head, being privy to his most innermost
thoughts and experiencing that raw emotion all over again, certainly had me
choked but I loved finally knowing the other side of the story.

““He’s my everything,” I think
and realize how many times I wasn’t even enough.”

This is the grand finale, the final show, the encore and
everything else in between. Everything is wrapped up; favourite characters are
present and leave their mark. Pasts are navigated, futures are made and
emotions are definitely touched. This was a poignant read, one I never knew I
needed and now having read it, one I most definitely wanted. Once again,
Barbara Stewart has moved me with her words and now I am going to go back to
the beginning.

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